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Thruster88

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  • Birthday 04/01/1963

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    Thruster T500 T85 RV6A Beech23
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    cowra
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    Australia

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  1. Pilots need to know and understand the systems with engines that operate with ECU. Accident ignites DA42 engine row | News | Flight Global WWW.FLIGHTGLOBAL.COM
  2. The CVR will tell the story if it has not been overwritten.
  3. The seat moves very slowly. It would not be hard to join the dots if one had even some awareness.
  4. I have watched Tucker Gotts channel for a long time now. They are a simple cheap and fun way to fly. The weather conditions have to be right, any negative G results in a partial or complete collapse of the wing so no flying in sketchy conditions.
  5. Preliminary report from Australian Transport Safety Bureau. No fault found with the aircraft. The position of the elevator trim tab was not mentioned. https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2024/report/ao-2024-002
  6. Impossible to say without knowing if the hose is compatible with the end fittings. Aircraft AN fittings and hose can be trusted because they are manufactured to spec. Automotive "AN" stuff can be manufactured by anyone, could be very good, could be junk. This accident comes to mind. https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2020/aair/ao-2020-028
  7. I have done rubber replacement on a 912iS engine at work. They definitely have a rigid steel line between the left and right side injection. Not sure why anyone would replace it with a flexible line. Agree with Blue, those clamps on the blue lines don't look right.
  8. Bolt some 3-5mm steel plates to your wooden jig and tack weld ends in three places before you cut. Tidying up the tacks at the end of job is easy and alignment is more assured.
  9. Turning off the master in any certified VH aircraft definitely means isolation of the battery at the battery.
  10. A good test to do now Danny is measure your unusable fuel. Pump all the fuel out of the tank with the boost pump and then catch the remaining fuel from the two tank drains. Always good to know this.
  11. You should, must, have tank drains. Could you have an elbow hose barb with hose to the side of fuselage to have drain in convenient position? Providing the hose is level or down hill this will work well. It would be interesting to know how much unusable fuel is in the tank, ie position of the pickup. Should be something like 0.5 to 1 litre. Without a tank drain you can never get water out if it gets in the tank.
  12. Reached a max altitude of 6400 before turning back. Propeller not feathered. Great landing.
  13. Skippy, if rotax has developed this new oil to maintain the reliability of the higher power, higher stress 915, 916 engines then it must also have some advantages in the base 912 engines which we can agree are very reliable. Is it not worth a few bucks to get better protection of your engine?
  14. You can sell or buy an aircraft with numbers on the side without a condition report however the new owner cannot register with RAAus without getting a condition report. For newbies to flying a condition report may seem like getting a maintenance release for a VH aircraft, it is not the same thing.
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